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The Voice of The Global South is Inaudible
Friendship treaty in 1950, Tehran Declaration in 2001, and Chahbahar port’s construction and development in progress are a timeline of India’s relationship with Tehran,...
Trump visit and China’s diplomatic discourse: a primer
Just a few days before President Trump was to arrive in Beijing as per Trump’s previous itinerary (March 31-April 2), the mood in China—as...
Managing the New Cold War: What Trump and Xi Really Want from Their Beijing Summit
Authors: Athanasios G. Platias and Vasilis Trigkas*
When Donald Trump lands in Beijing on 14 May, the optics will matter almost as much as the...
New US Sanctions Target Companies Helping Iran’s Military Sector
The U. S. Treasury announced sanctions on 10 individuals and companies, primarily based in China and Hong Kong, for allegedly helping Iran acquire weapons...
Rigid Margins, Rising Pressures: The New Gulf Gas Order
The global gas system is entering a phase defined by limits rather than freedoms. It absorbs shocks but does not return to a neutral...
Trump Crackdown on China Linked Solar Firms Disrupts U.S. Manufacturing Boom as Financing and Investment Stall
A wave of policy uncertainty under the Trump administration is disrupting the expansion of U.S. solar manufacturing, as major solar companies, banks, and insurers...
Japan Turns to the United States and the Bank of Japan to Defend the Yen Against Market Pressure
Japan is intensifying efforts to stabilise the weakening yen by combining aggressive currency intervention with stronger signals from the Bank of Japan and diplomatic...
Oil Rises Above $100 as Gulf Tensions Shake Markets While AI Boom Drives Global Stocks Higher
Global markets faced a mixed trading session as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran pushed oil prices sharply higher, while the ongoing...
Why the Trump-Xi Summit in 2026 Is Really About Iran
Trump arrives in Beijing on May 14. The summit was originally scheduled for March, then postponed because the US got embroiled in a war...
ASEAN Summit Opens With Energy Security and Middle East Crisis in Focus
Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations began a major summit in the Philippines on Thursday as rising global tensions and energy supply...